The Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE), the Carrefour de la recherche urbaine de Montréal (CRUM) and the Araucaria Foundation for Support to Scientific and Technological Development of the State of Paraná, Brazil (FA) held the launch conference for the project “Strategies for participation citizen in innovation processes”: Experiences in Quebec and Paraná”, whose objective is to explore strategies to involve citizens (individuals and companies) in innovation processes and in the development of innovation ecosystems, and increase collaboration between Quebec and the State of Paraná in the field of science and innovation.